33rd annual conference (2007)
Corruption in education and assessment system:The waec experience
Corruption and fraudulent practices in education and assessment have been in the front burner of academic discourse in Nigeria in recent times. Collaborative research efforts in Nigeria show a less…
National Monitoring System in Scotland: making the most of an opportunity
This paper is intended to provide the background to the national monitoring system in Scotland. The seminar presentation will explore how the Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) has been received…
THE SYSTEMS OF THE INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL ESTIMATION OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZA?HSTAN
For last years the system of an independent external estimation of educational achievements of school students and university students is created in Kazakhstan. For more than 10 years wide experience…
“Theoretical and Practical Substantiations of the Role of Assessment in Improving Teacher Quality”
The offered theme embraces two major parts –, the “,role of assessment”,, and “,improvement of teacher quality”,. Educational professionals started to more intensively deal with the following questions referring to…
Admission Of Students Into Higher Learning Programmes Offered By Tertiary Non-University Institutions In Tanzania
The National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) was established to regulate and coordinate all matters pertaining to education and training for tertiary non-university institutions in Tanzania. One of the functions…
DEPELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MEASURING TESTS FOR INTERNETEXAM IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The testing for assessment of students learning outcomes in Russia carried out by means of various tests and in different periods of the academic year do not allow to adequately…
Old Tests and New Curricula – Can old assessment structures measure achievement in the digital mathematics curriculum?
From the classroom teacher’,s perspective, much of the impact that computers have on the teaching and learning of mathematics derives from the use of the graphics. These enable us to…
Techniques for monitoring the comparability of examination standards
England operates a qualifications market in which a small number of examining boards are accredited to offer relatively ‘,authentic’, curriculum-embedded examinations in a range of subject areas at a range…
TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
International Organizations (IOs) are becoming increasingly influential in educational policy making at the national level. In education, the range of these organizations’, activities are many and diverse and include providing…